Chapter 39

Annoyed, Tidus snapped angrily, "How much do you want?! We can pay you—just name your price!" Frank snorted in disdain. "Money is pointless to me." "Then what is it that you want?" Norman demanded—there was someone in this world who did not want money? Laughable! "A Myriad Hue Snow Lotus from Sky Peak," Frank replied, "or a Radiant Panacea Cap of the South Sea. Do any of you have it?" "What…" Both items Frank mentioned were rarer than gold—people would go lifetimes without seeing them, let alone possess them. "I don't have either," Tidus replied. "But treat my father, and I'll do all I can to procure them." "Are you giving me an IOU?" Frank asked in return. "We can't gather them right away," Tidus explained. "Can't you give us time?" Just then, Dan glanced at Gerald, who was exhaling more than he inhaled. If this dragged on, he would be dead before Frank would help. Stepping up, he said, "Mr. Lawrence, I don't possess the medicinal ingredients you asked for, but my establish